[real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
- From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:53:23 -0500
I agree. i have alot of aps built in to windows to jump ship even though I
have an Apple IPod Nano fifth generation with VoiceOver. And i use ScanSoft
Tom for the speech. It still wouldn't hurt to try though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:38 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>I may give that a shot, but I am not holding out hope they will be
> able to reproduce this one. Firstly, it is JFW 7, and secondly, I
> have never seen this before with JFW in more than ten years of using the
> app.
> I may be reaching that stage where I am compelled to upgrade. Just
> about resigned to rebuild all from a freshly formatted HD. If I am
> going to that much trouble--and it is a prodigious pain in the
> a$$--then I might as well upgrade to Windows 7 while I am at it. Or
> maybe it is time to consider looking at an Apple. Wonder if they make
> anything that isn't portable! On second thought, an Apple would be a
> good second computer, but I have too much tied up in Windows apps to
> jump ship at this point.
>
>
>
> wrote:
>>I would call FreedomScientific and see if they are able to reproduce the
>>issue. I have had some wierd issues and sometimes, they are able to
>>produce
>>them, other times they aren't able to.
>>
>>Duyahn
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:43 AM
>>Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>>
>>
>> > It's reader specific as I don't see the issues with Win-Eyes.
>> >
>> >
>> > I used system restore to go back to a check point. I haven't been able
>> > to
>> > find a reasonably recent full restore point. Is there a faster way to
>> > get
>> > to
>> > a specific kind of restore point other than clicking each date
>> > individually
>> > and looking?
>> >
>> > It's not an insert+s kind of thing. Too flipping weird.
>> >
>> > BTW, multiple malware/spyware scans all turn up negative.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> > On Behalf Of Fettgather, Jim
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:18 AM
>> > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: JAWS Expert Needed
>> >
>> > Hi Mitch, did you ever actually use System Restore to roll back your PC
>> > to
>> > an earlier date?
>> >
>> > The only thing that I can come up with to cause Jaws to randomly repeat
>> > letters in the way that you suggest is that the Jaws Screen Echo could
>> > have
>> > been toggled to All instead of highlighted. The command to toggle this
>> > setting is Insert S.
>> >
>> > Just to determine whether there is a problem with your Jaws
>> > installation,
>> > I
>> > really would consider installing a demo copy of another version, any
>> > version, all prior versions are available from the FS web site. Or,
>> > install
>> > the highly acclaimed NVDA.
>> > www.nvda-project.org
>> > There is a portable version that will not compromise your system in any
>> > way
>> > and works very well.
>> >
>> > In that way, you would know right away whether the problem is screen
>> > reader
>> > specific or symptoms of a problem with the OS.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Mitchell D. Lynn [mailto:mlynn@xxxxxxxxx]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:54 PM
>> > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [real-eyes] JAWS Expert Needed
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me if there is a setting in Windows or in JAWS that
>> > would
>> > cause it to repeat voicing of letters and buttons when using the JAWS
>> > cursor? This started happening a few days back in a single program, but
>> > now
>> > I am starting to see issues all over the place. If I try, for example,
>> > to
>> > read icons on the desktop character by character, it will voice each
>> > letter
>> > anywhere from 1 to four times. Ditto if I try to check a filename in
>> > Windows
>> > Explorer. I have to actually start to rename the file to know for sure
>> > how
>> > it is spelled. In fact, all edit boxes seem to work correctly with the
>> > JAWS
>> > cursor; it is just in lists and things like buttons that have the
>> > issue.
>> >
>> > Menus have started acting strange as well. I have loads of IE
>> > Favorites,
>> > and
>> > while that large list worked fine last week, it scarcely works at all
>> > now.
>> > Alt+A opens the list, but cursoring up and down gives no speech at all
>> > Alt+for
>> > several presses, and then starts skipping randomly through the list.
>> > Same
>> > sort of issues with the Start Menu. There, however, it adds a new
>> > twist;
>> > impulsively opening folders and then says that they contain nothing. It
>> > acts
>> > a bit like a crazed drunken keyboard, and I swapped that out for a
>> > wired
>> > version. No good. Blown out display drivers and reinstalled. Also no
>> > good.
>> > Checked startup programs and services, and can't find anything there
>> > that
>> > isn't supposed to be, and virus scans were all negative.
>> >
>> > My fear is it's the work of an update from some program--perhaps
>> > Windows
>> > itself. Oh, and I did try restoring prev configuration/. All I have for
>> > the
>> > past few weeks is System Check points. Anyone know of a fast way to
>> > find
>> > the
>> > last full restore point in XP SP 3? BTW, my version of JAWS is pretty
>> > old:
>> > version 7.x.
>> >
>> >
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